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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILD HORSE...B.I.A. CROWFORESTRY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
346 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1535 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SHOWERS ARE CROSSING THE FIRE SITE AT THIS TIME...WITH SHOWERS
CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...AS THE SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH AND
EAST. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEHIND THE INITIAL WAVE OF SHOWERS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH EARLY SATURDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE SITE BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. THE COOL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A GRADUAL WARM UP EACH DAY.
MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL SLOWLY FALL AS TEMPERATURE WARM EACH DAY.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................18 PERCENT.
LAL.................2...1 TO 8 STRIKES/15 MIN/CELL.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LESTER/GILSTAD
REQUESTED BY...BRYCE ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100813.WILDH.01/BYZ